Word: strossen
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Advocates of women's rights are currently battling a tide of potential infringements, said President of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Nadine Strossen '72 yesterday at the fifth annual Rothschild Lecture in the Agassiz Theatre...
...everyone agrees with Dworkin and MacKinnon, by any means; even some feminists think there is a place in life--and the Internet--for erotica. In her new book, Defending Pornography, Nadine Strossen argues that censoring sexual expression would do women more harm than good, undermining their equality, their autonomy and their freedom...
After last year's acquittal in state court of the four policemen who beat Rodney King, A.C.L.U. president Nadine Strossen joined calls for a second prosecution under federal law. That represented a break with an A.C.L.U. position adopted in 1990 that repeat prosecution by different jurisdictions for the same act amounted to double jeopardy, which is unconstitutional. Last summer the national board suspended that position and considered supporting the second trial of the policemen. Then, at an argumentative meeting this month, the board voted 37-29 to reinstate the 1990 policy. All eight African- American board members at the meeting...
...Strossen met with Yalen, Silversmith and Erbsen to discuss strategies for raising consciousness of issues where student rights are at stake...
...Strossen plans to use the work of CLUH as a model for other campus civil liberties organizations across the country